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Like the bestselling first edition, this new edition of Activity Schedules will show thousands of parents and service providers how to use this teaching tool to help children and adults successfully engage in self-directed and purposeful activities.

Activity schedules are a set of pictures or words that cue a child to follow a sequence of steps. Based on ABA methods, learners are taught using a system of graduated guidance—physical prompts systematically faded as performance increases. Once the individual has mastered their use, he or she can independently follow a schedule to engage in activities at home, at school, and during leisure time. For example, activity schedules can cue an individual to prepare food with minimal assistance, interact with classmates, and complete a puzzle.

Based on over 20 years of research the authors have conducted at the Princeton Child Development Institute, the second edition discusses the latest research that points to positive outcomes from using activity schedules, including better self-management, decreased problem behaviors, and skill generalization, among other findings. The new edition includes:

"How to use activity schedules to organize all aspects of a person's daily activities, and increase engagement, task completion, making appropriate choices, and sequencing activities

"An expanded section on the use of activity schedules by adults, describing how they are used at home and in the workplace and via iPods and Blackberries

"How to use activity schedules to promote social interaction and to teach children to point to and show objects to others in order to share a social experience

Detailed instructions and examples help parents prepare their child's first schedule, then progress to more varied and sophisticated schedules, leading to greater independence.

What People Are Saying

Linda S. Meyer

This preeminent text on activity schedules is based on over two decades of research and clinical experience and celebrates the achievement of thousands of children with autism spectrum disorders who have increased independence. Parents and professionals who carefully plan and implement schedules can successfully teach individuals with autism to make choices, enhance their appearance, build social interaction skills, and engage in meaningful activities in their schools, homes and communities. In this edition, the included emphasis on the needs of adults reminds us that it is never too late to learn, and with an increased focus on using current technology, the authors give individuals with autism the tools to fit in to today's world. (Linda S. Meyer, Ed.D., MPA, BCBA-D, CPT, Executive Director, Autism New Jersey (formerly COSAC))

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"In this updated edition of a bestseller in the autism field, parents and teachers will learn everything they need to know to develop and integrate activity schedules in to the daily routines of individuals with autism. In addition to introducing the concept of activity schedules, the authors explain how these sets of picture and/or words can cue autistic person to initiate and complete tasks, structure free time, and engage in social situations. This new edition includes an emphasis on adults with autism and how recent technological advances can play an important part in the activity schedule process."

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Meet the Author

Lynn E. McClannahan, Ph.D., is Executive Director Emerita of the Princeton Child Development Institute, one of the first non-institutional programs in the United States for people with autism. Dr. McClannahan's work has been widely recognized by organizations such as the Senate of the State of New Jersey; the American Psychological Association; and the New Jersey Association for Behavior Analysis. With Dr. Krantz, she developed an intervention model that is used in the United States and abroad.

Patricia J. Krantz, Ph.D., is Executive Director Emerita of the Princeton Child Development Institute. Her research focuses on procedures that increase independence, choice, and spontaneous generative language. She is the author of many research articles and book chapters, and has made international contributions to autism intervention in Australia, Belgium, France, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, and Turkey, as well as in the United States. She and Dr. McClannahan continue to develop new intervention options for young people with autism.

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